I have completed over 705,000 words of English>Malay translation and Malay>English back translation of documents for adult and paediatric clinical trials, which include patient information and consent forms, questionnaires and patient diaries. These cover the following medical conditions:

Alzheimer’s disease

Appetite/satiety

Asthma

Asthmatic smoker

Atrial fibrillation

Bipolar disorder

Bronchiolitis

Cervical cancer

Colorectal carcinoma

Developmental behaviour

Diabetes/hypoglycaemia

Dyslipidemia

Erectile dysfunction

Functional living

Gastroesophagal reflux

Global reasoning

Head and neck cancer

High cholesterol

Hormone refractory carcinoma of the prostate

Hypercholesterolemia

Joint pain

Lung cancer

Men and women’s sexual health

Mental state of the mind

Mixed hyperlidemia

Non-small cell lung carcinoma

Obesity

Osteoporosis

Pain

Parkinson’s disease

Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (LMP)

Schizophrenia

Sexual health disorders

I’ve also translated more than 531,000 words of public information leaflets and drug package inserts covering the following topics:

But experience alone doesn’t mean much if the work isn’t endorsed by industry experts. Here are a couple of testimonials from the in-country reviewers:

“I’ve had a positive experience with Ramona ‘s services. Her translations are accurate but what I really appreciate is the actual checking of the contents before translating to look for errors whether grammatical or substantial.”

In addition, I’ve done around 200 minutes’ worth of subtitles for videotaped interviews with patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, to be used as training material for physicians and nurses, and the following training materials:

Glossary of medical terms for the National Heart Institute (8,000 words)

Monthly editorials for Snow Brand Milk Products Co.

I have much experience translating documents on the business aspect of the healthcare industry too, having translated annual reports (around 30,000 words per report) for Pharmaniaga Berhad [the largest integrated local healthcare company in Malaysia], press releases and product leaflets for Stieprox Laboratories, recruitment advertisements for Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre [a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur], marketing brochures for Subang Jaya Medical Centre [a private hospital in Subang Jaya] and promotional advertisements for Mahkota Medical Centre [a private hospital in Melaka] and information on patient admission and general consent for the Malaysian National Heart Institute.